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discussed in biography

...past suggested he would be a good candidate for taking on the hugely popular Star Wars franchise, but he was chosen by creator George Lucas, a former student of his at USC, to helm
The Empire Strikes Back (1980), the second installment in the original series. With Lucas relegating his contribution to the basic plot, Kershner made arguably the best of the series’s...

Ford

...Star Wars (1977). The space-fantasy film became one of the highest-grossing motion pictures of all time. Ford’s fame was cemented with the Star Wars sequels
The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and
Return of the Jedi (1983) and with the Indiana Jones series, in which he starred as an adventurer-archaeologist. ...

Lucas

...the filming schedule for an ambitious series to be born from
Star Wars. Lucas served as executive producer of the other two episodes in the Star Wars saga,
The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and
Return of the Jedi (1983). He also created the popular character of the adventurous archeologist Indiana Jones, who was played by...

Star Wars series

...of special effects into the 21st century, and ILM became one of the most successful effects studios utilized by Hollywood. Lucas followed the first Star Wars film with two sequels,
Star Wars: Episode V—The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and
Star Wars: Episode VI—Return of the Jedi (1983). The franchise thrived in the 1980s and ’90s...